Beer news in nyc

From May, 2013

This Sunday, June 2, from 1 to 3 p.m., the homebrew shop Bitter and Esters in Prospect Heights will hold an all grain brewing class. Meant for the intermediate or experienced extract brewer, the class will explore the mashing process along with different styles of mashing/lautering and sparging. The class will also cover water chemistry, malt diastatic power, and trouble shooting techniques for avoiding or fixing a stuck lauder. Sign up for the class here.

On Tuesday 508 GastroBrewery released a collaboration beer, the Gastrobite Black Wheat Saison, brewed with Spider Bite Beer Company. “Larry Goldstein and Paul Kretzer are great! ” says 508 Brewer Chris Cuzme, who took over as brewmaster of the Tribeca brewpub in November. “We had a blast brewing this beer, especially since of all my collaborations (thus far) these guys are the first to come in that generally brew on a smaller system than I do (with the exception of their very large batches). And I only yield 50 gallons at a time! So it was very fun to share the little…

The maibock, a traditional German lager brewed for the spring month of May, doesn’t always get much attention even though many brewers make the style. Maibocks are usually a light golden color with slight hop bitterness and a noticeable alcohol flavors (the style often clocks in around 7-8% ABV). This Saturday starting at noon Brouwerij Lane in Greenpoint will be celebrating bocks with a line up featuring many Maibocks from Germany. Here is the published list so far: Einbecker Maibock Hofbrau Maibock Mahrs Ginger Maibock Victory St. Boisterous Maibock Freigeist Peated Abraxxxas Banhof Potato Berliner Weisse Schlenkerla Oak Smoke Oak…

This Wednesday May 22 New York has some especially exciting events around the city: Downtown Bar and Grill in Downtown Brooklyn celebrates its 7th anniversary starting at 5 p.m. with a lineup of rare and vintage beers including Founders KBS 2012 and Allagash Curieux 2007. You will receive a raffle ticket for every beer you buy for a chance to win some rare bottles like Westvleteren XII, Three Floyds Dark Lord, and Founders CBS. Mission Delores in Park Slope hosts Hudson Valley beer night starting at 7 p.m. The bar will feature some of the best new local breweries. Newburgh,…

Bierkraft’s Thursday tap takeover this week will feature one of New York’s most exciting young breweries, Newburgh Brewing Co. Just up the Hudson River, Newburgh has brewed 17 styles since opening in 2012. Many are hard or impossible to find in the city and require a trip up to the brewery to imbibe. You can save yourself the trip this week because Bierkraft is putting 14 Newburgh beers on draft and two on cask. While they are all worth trying you won’t want to miss the C.A.F.E. Sour or the Paper Box Pale Ale on cask dry hopped with Sorachi…

This weekend the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival will take place at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights. One of the films to be screened is “Brewed in Brooklyn,” the story of the rise, fall, and rise again of beer in Brooklyn. Pre-sale tickets are $10 and the screening will take place on Saturday, May 18 from 9 to 10:15 p.m.

Sometimes, amazing things happen. We are writing a book. It’s called “Beer Lover’s New York” and it’s part of the Beer Lover’s series published by Globe Pequot Press, which already includes Colorado, Oregon and New England. The book is a guide to beer in New York State, broken down by region. Each region will include breweries, brewpubs and bars. The book will also feature recipes for homebrews and foods made with beer in mind. We’re traveling across New York (all the way to Southern Tier) from now to August, on weekends and holidays. We’d love for you to email us…

Barrier Brewing Company may have been the hardest hit member of the New York beer community when Hurricane Sandy devastated the area last November. Amazingly, the brewery got back on its feet in a matter of months and even found time to brew the collaborative 11th anniversary beer with Brooklyn’s popular bar, bottle and sandwich shop Bierkraft that was originally slated to be released in the fall. In keeping with the creativity of both Barrier and Bierkraft the beer will be a smoked berliner weisse (a German sour style) perfect for the warm weather. The beer will be available tonight, May…

IPAs have been on a tear in the craft beer community for the past few years. Hoppy IPAs can be great summer brews with floral aromas and crisp bitterness. The intense bitterness in IPAs or other hoppy beers is often accompanied by higher alcohol content from using more grain to help balance the beers out. Many breweries have an imperial version and they can be among the most highly touted beers around – think Pliny from Russian River or 120 Minute from Dogfish Head. They can be delicious but also intensely boozy with ABVs in the double digits. A new…

The team at Get Real is back this weekend with their Beer Balls festival at Alewife NYC. The festival features tastings from 30 different breweries and a mini cask ale bar. The majority are small local brewers like Barrier, Rockaway, Greenport, and Peekskill. Some of the larger breweries include Oskar Blues, Jolly Pumpkin, Dogfish Head, and Avery. Attendees will get 10 meatball dishes to pair up with the brews. Tickets are $40 and the two sessions run from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.